Tu Nokwe.
Bheki Khoza. Pic courtesy of the DCP
The Centre for Jazz and Popular Music hosts its 27th Annual Jazz Jol on Saturday, August 29 at 7 pm. The headline artist for 2015 is Tu Nokwe (guitar and vocals) who appears with Bheki Khoza (guitar), Neil Gonsalves (piano), Mandla Zikalala (bass), and Sbu Zondi (drums). Continue reading
The 2015 auditions for the uShaka Search For The Stars competition, hosted by uShaka Marine World in Durban, in partnership with the Department of Arts and Culture, get underway this weekend – and uShaka chief executive officer, Stella Khumalo, says she is excited to see what talent emerges from the competition. Continue reading
Optimism is at the core of four songs inspired by the National Development Plan and premiering at the 2015 SAMRO Overseas Scholarships Competition. The SAMRO Foundation’s flagship music education project this year sees the 12 participating singers giving voice to brand-new works by four exceptional jazz and Western Art music composers. Continue reading
Ildo Nandja
It’s going to be a sexy, sassy and exciting Sunday Beat session at Suncoast in Durban on August 30 from 2 pm when Mozambican bassist, vocalist and composer; Ildo Nandja entertains music fans with some Latin jazz. Continue reading
Bob Fox.
Pieter Toerien presents Bob Fox – An evening with the WarHorse Songman at Pieter Toerien’s Montecasino Theatre from August 26 to September 6. One of the United Kingdom’s finest exponents of storytelling through song, Bob is deeply influenced by the working class culture and industrial folk song prevalent in his native County Durham. Continue reading
Beautiful Creatures
The last in the series of Beautiful Creatures performances, in association with Montecasino, will take place on Saturday, August 22 and Sunday, August 23 at the Montecasino Outdoor Piazza stage. Audiences can go along to see three of their favourite characters performing in this interactive, sing along family shows. Continue reading
Neil Coppen’s Animal Farm is one of the must-see shows at the Hilton Arts Festival.
Marty Kintu and Andrew Buckland in Blue / Orange.
Booking has opened for KwaZulu-Natal’s premier arts festival: the 23nd annual Hilton Arts Festival, which will be hosted in the picturesque Hilton College campus from September 18 – 20. Continue reading
Big band enthusiasts are in for a treat when the 10th Brass Band Extravaganza comes to Artscape Theatre on Saturday, August 22. Continue reading
Juan Burgers
Music-lovers can look forward to the world premiere of a major new South African composition, to be unveiled on the Playhouse Opera stage in November. Entitled Ubuntu – The Opera, the work is the magnum opus of Durban-based musician and composer, Juan Burgers, who for many years has played a leading role in this country’s classical music environment.
Participants from last year’s concert: Bianca Njoka – Holy Family College (18), Genevieve Ducray – Maris Stella (16), Pinkie Mtshali – Emmanuel Cathedral, Sipho Moorosi – St Benedict (16), Thabiso Phakathi – Kwa Thinthwa School for the Deaf (16) (with spectacles), Nosipho Ndaba – Holy Family College (17), (top) Lethiwe Ntaka – Kwa Thinthwa School for the Deaf (16) and Georgina Brink – Maris Stella (16)
Sing with One Voice is a choral music and dance concert featuring seven Catholic schools from the greater Durban area. This fund-raiser for the Denis Hurley Centre is taking place at Emmanuel Cathedral on Thursday, August 20 at 6.30 pm. Prior to the concert, there will be a free tour of the Denis Hurley Centre at 5.30 pm. Continue reading
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